PQ Responses - February 11th 2025

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PQ 4056-25 - Donna McGettigan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent public and private non-acute physiotherapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4071-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to provide a breakdown of the 12+ month category to indicate the length of time individuals have been waiting, by CHO, in tabular form.

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PQ 4111-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that the National Ambulance Service is not training or hiring advanced paramedics (APs), that the last internal recruitment was run in 2021, with the last training course run in 2023; if there are plans for more AP training and recruitment this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4112-25 - Ruairí Ó Murchú

To ask the Minister for Health to outline the healthcare areas where there are currently no advanced paramedics working for the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4165-25 - Ivana Bacik

To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that four linear accelerators in Dublin, Cork and Galway were not in use in Autumn 2024 due to staffing shortages; and the position regarding these linear accelerators now.

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PQ 4190-25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health when she expects the additional 97 beds planned for Wexford General Hospital to become available to treat patients; the number of existing beds that will no longer be available for patients at that time; the net number of beds currently available in Wexford General Hospital; the net number which will be available when the new 97-bed unit comes into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4219 25 - George Lawlor

To ask the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to ensure the provision of one WTE diabetes specialist pump nurse in Wexford General Hospital, for patients with diabetes to have a greater chance to access insulin pump therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4221-25 - Jerry Buttimer

To ask the Minister for Health the reason CUH is taking up the beds needed for the dental treatment in Mallow General Hospital and subsequently dental services are being cancelled for patients with disabilities who require urgent treatment under general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4223-25 - Mark Wall

To ask the Minister for Health if an afterhours doctor service can be provided in a town in Kildare (KDoc to have a dedicated after hours service in the town of Athy, in the purpose built health centre on the Dublin road in the town, given the growth in population in the town and its hinterland, previously it was indicated that they would provide this service on a call only basis.); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4287-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical scientists employed at Cork University Hospital in 2022, 2023 & 2024; the number of hospital laboratories that are currently placed on their prospective risk registers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4296-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres delivered nationally in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number that have encountered delays during that period; the number of primary care centres planned nationwide for 2025, 2026 2027 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4297-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of current difficulties with advancing the primary care centres in Glanmire, Blarney and Mayfield, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4300-25 - Pádraig O'Sullivan

To ask the Minister for Health if there are further plans to expand the provision of park and ride facilities to Cork University Hospital for staff and patients, in particular on the eastern approaches to the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4341-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of school dentists in County Longford; the number of schools each dentist supports; and the number of pupils in each school, in tabular form.

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PQ 4343-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant-in-intensive-care-medicine positions based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 4344-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with CAMHS, in Westmeath, by waiting time, in tabular form.

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PQ 4349-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of WTE autism therapists and disability community facilitators attached to Longford CDNT teams in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.

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PQ 4377-25 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and precocious puberty; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4378-25 - Mark Ward

To ask the Minister for Health the plans to provide solu-cortef injection medication in EpiPen form for children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and precocious puberty in line with other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter

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PQ 4408-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health the date on whicb the new Nenagh community nursing home will open to residents.

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PQ 4409-25 - Alan Kelly

To ask the Minister for Health if a site has been located for the new community nursing home in Roscrea.

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PQ 4418-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the cessation of the Heartwatch programme; the number of patients participating in the programme each year; and her plans for the resumption or the establishment of a similar programme.

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PQ 4425-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on diabetes-related treatment and care within the health service in 2023 and 2024, broken down by year and expenditure, in tabular form.

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PQ 4430-25 - Albert Dolan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress made toward achieving the main aims of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026; and to list the specific changes that have been achieved in County Galway to date.

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PQ 4455-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE staff recruited into neonatology services in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4456-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the system of reimbursing dispensing opticians for vouchers issued by the HSE for glasses for children; if she will provide a list of type of payments available for each type of glasses or prescription; the rules that apply; up to what age payments are made; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4457-25 - Louis O'Hara

To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at Galway University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4580-25 - Cathal Crowe

To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending Limerick University Hospital are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the qualified staff required to initiate pump therapy along with the administrative support required all being in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4587-25 - Cian O'Callaghan

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the length of the CDNT waiting lists for the Kilbarrack, Clontarf and Coolock teams; the number of children that were seen in each of the Kilbarrack, Clontarf and Coolock teams, each year from 2019-2024, in tabular form; the number of additional children added to each of the Kilbarrack, Clontarf and Coolock teams, each year from 2019-2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4623-25 - Timmy Dooley

To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick are still not offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the availability of qualified staff required to initiate pump therapy and the administration support are all in place to commence the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4675-25 - Seán Ó Fearghaíl

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the plans that are in place to resolve the ongoing difficulties being experienced by a social enterprise (details supplied) in the construction of its national child development centre in Kildare town where construction works have ceased; the reason the organisation is experiencing inordinate difficulties in securing meetings with relevant officials in the HSE to address among other matters the current funding model; when a service level agreement will be put in place to guarantee a reduction in the number of children awaiting therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4677-25 - David Cullinane

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1200 of 22 January 2025, the date on which the relevant posts entered maternity leave, in tabular form; the date on which maternity cover was first advertised; and the timeframe for the filling of posts.

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PQ 4679-25 - Paul Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if the hardship scheme will be expanded to allow for forms and prescriptions from GPs to be accepted in place of those from paediatricians; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4690-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow and the proposed children’s therapy services unit to be situated there.

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PQ 4691-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting assessment of needs in CHO7; and the number of those waiting longer than 12 months.

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PQ 4692-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting speech and language therapy in CHO7; and the number of those waiting longer than 12 months.

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PQ 4693-25 - Seán Crowe

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting occupational therapy in CHO7; and the number of those waiting longer than 12 months.

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PQ 4702-25 - Robert Troy

To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve the new mandibular device used to treat sleep apnoea ( I note some patients are been prescribed this different machine in pave of their CPAP but finding out the new prescribed device is not covered under DPS as the old one was.).

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PQ 4724-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Health whether promised interim funding for an organisation (SOSAD Ireland) will be released; and to provide details of the funding amount and timeline for its release.

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PQ 4725-25 - Holly Cairns

To ask the Minister for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to detail which individual CDNTs, and their corresponding CHO areas, do not yet have a system in place to capture the level of activity requested; and to provide a timeline for the full roll out of the national information management system.

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PQ 4732-25 - Eoghan Kenny

To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to establish an elective hospital in Cork as of February 2025; if a site for this project has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4755-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has employed in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; the number of advanced paramedics the National Ambulance Service has trained in each county in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive, and for which specific service they are employed (National Ambulance Service, Dublin Fire Brigade, the Defence Forces, Coastguard and the Dublin Airport Fire Service, and so on); the planned salary budget for advanced paramedics in the National Ambulance Service in each year from 2014 through 2024 inclusive; and the actual salary budget for Advanced Paramedics in the National Ambulance Service in each year from 2014 through 2024, in tabular form.

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PQ 4756-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health the number of advanced paramedics in the National Ambulance Service considered to be an appropriate and safe staffing level on a national basis; and the number of advanced paramedics considered appropriate and safe staffing levels per county, in tabular form.

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PQ 4757-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health his Department’s plans to internally hire and train advanced paramedics for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4758-25 - Máire Devine

To ask the Minister for Health what are the existing obstacles to hiring and training advanced paramedics; how his Department plans to overcome these obstacles in detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4783-25 - Darren O'Rourke

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that stem cell therapy is treated as an elective procedure for cancer patients and that this has a direct impact in terms of access to beds; if she will review this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 4835-25 - Thomas Gould

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the level of alcohol brand advertising broadcast on terrestrial television during the Six Nations Rugby Championship game between Ireland and England; if this contravenes the daytime broadcasting watershed under Section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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